Yakima County, No. 7 in the state for population, ranks third for the number of drunken-driving deaths. Hundreds of Yakima County residents are charged each year with driving under the influence of intoxicating drugs or alcohol. Perhaps as many as three-q...
Sayler pleads guilty to child rape, molestation - A former West Valley youth coach pleaded guilty Thursday afternoon to raping and molesting three teenage boys who played on his teams. Prosecutors are expected to recommend that Randy Sayler, now 46, face a minimum prison sentence of 23 years. A state rev...
Still looking for missing fishermen - HOME VALLEY, Wash. -- Authorities are still searching for three Yakama tribal fishermen who went missing on the Columbia River after their boat capsized earlier this week. Today, officers with the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission, Yakama Natio...
Favorable winds for wind farm dedication - About 300 people showed up Thursday to dedicate Klickitat County's second major wind farm. The White Creek Wind Project is a 205-megawatt wind farm about 12 miles south of Bickleton. Its 89 turbines on 9,500 acres of ranchland will generate enough elect...